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An expanded and updated version of this post can now be found in Chapter 22 of my new book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job. I am keeping a shortened version here, … Continue reading →

An anonymous guest post. Read this in conjunction with the piece that just came out this week on Chronicle Vitae, “The ‘Joy’ of Pregnancy in Graduate School.” I think it relates more broadly to the larger hostility to the idea … Continue reading →

Kellee and I are heading into the final week of our month in the UK and Europe! We’ve had an absolutely amazing journey so far. We visited the Universities of Aberdeen (thank you, Amy Bryzgel), where I did a … Continue reading →

A reader wrote to share a case of useless department head job market advice. I pass it on with his/her full permission,* in the hopes that those of you who are advisers will reflect on your own practices, and do … Continue reading →

The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in … Continue reading →

Love the blog? Now get it in handy book form–only $11.40! Available for pre-order now–comes out August 4! Buy it at all these places! It also makes a great gift for all those struggling grad students in your life! For … Continue reading →

It’s that time again! Alert readers know that each Spring I provide a limited-time CV Strategizing Session service between February and April. The idea is to look ahead to the Fall 2015 market, and help graduate students going on the … Continue reading →

A reader got in touch to tell me about an infuriating experience at a recent conference. I asked her to write it up as a guest post, and here it is. Professors: stop the madness. Tell graduate students the goddamned … Continue reading →

This is a repost of an older post. It follows sequentially from last week’s on the five-year plan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In response to the flood of inquiries about what, exactly, a 5-Year Plan should look like, following on last week’s post, … Continue reading →

A constant tension in my work at The Professor Is In is the awkward balance between the free content that I provide on the blog, and the fee-based services I charge money for. From the start there has been a … Continue reading →